Iván Mora Manzano

Vicky is fisherman by day and bar owner at night. When she was a little boy her dream was to be a radio soap opera star, nowadays she dreams of falling in love again. How is it possible that a small, barren place in the third world has managed to achieve this special form of freedom and tolerance?

Vicky is fisherman by day and bar owner at night. When she was a little boy her dream was to be a radio soap opera star, nowadays she dreams of falling in love again. How is it possible that a small, barren place in the third world has managed to achieve this special form of freedom and tolerance?

Vicky is fisherman by day and bar owner at night. When she was a little boy her dream was to be a radio soap opera star, nowadays she dreams of falling in love again. How is it possible that a small, barren place in the third world has managed to achieve this special form of freedom and tolerance?

Tato (17), es un huérfano a la deriva, un joven amante del rap. Junto a sus amigos Pitu (18) y La Crespa (16), buscan una alternativa a la muerte y el crimen, a través del arte del hip hop y las batallas callejeras. Tato tiene que huir, y su única opción es dejar la ciudad y vivir con su abuelo Octavio (78), un floricultor, a quien no conoce, y que desea heredar sus tradiciones. Dos generaciones, dos formas de vida y un continuo sentimiento de pérdida, muerte y soledad llueven sobre la vida de Tato en su lucha por sobrevivir y encontrar su propia identidad.

Luego de una separación, Julia se muda a un frío departamento donde enfrenta los conflictos cotidianos de la soledad: pasar el día en pijamas, aceptar trabajos mediocres y comer en exceso, mientras aplica a una beca para cumplir su sueño de ser escritora. Julia encuentra un nuevo comienzo cuando tiene una aventura con Darío, un atractivo mesero con ínfulas de poeta, quien la lleva a conocer a Ignacio, empleado de una fotocopiadora que trata de protagonizar una obra de teatro.

Luego de una separación, Julia se muda a un frío departamento donde enfrenta los conflictos cotidianos de la soledad: pasar el día en pijamas, aceptar trabajos mediocres y comer en exceso, mientras aplica a una beca para cumplir su sueño de ser escritora. Julia encuentra un nuevo comienzo cuando tiene una aventura con Darío, un atractivo mesero con ínfulas de poeta, quien la lleva a conocer a Ignacio, empleado de una fotocopiadora que trata de protagonizar una obra de teatro.

Un anciano que sufre cáncer busca venganza de los ladrones que destruyeron su vida.

Ale and Emma, two twin sisters spend the weekend of the elections together, perfectly knowing that they both think differently about politics.

Un narco submarino hecho a mano está a punto de hundirse y perder su preciosa carga debido a una falla mecánica. Los tres tripulantes se ven obligados a abrir la cabina de carga prohibida para distribuir el peso y salvar el barco. Junto a la carga encuentran un “obsequio” especial para el comprador: una niña, amordazada y en pésimo estado. El bote, apenas lo suficientemente grande para tres para empezar, se convierte en una torta de polvo humeante de miedos, deseos y codicia.

Mariano Cruz Ordóñez is an Ecuadorian bullfighter at the end of his artistic career. Mariano was a figure of bullfighting in Ecuador and participated in the most important bullrings of his country and the world. The glory years have passed and prohibitions have arisen regarding bullfighting shows, and the only thing left is, with tenacity and faith, to fight against various adverse circumstances looking for a chance to move foward.

Mariano Cruz Ordóñez is an Ecuadorian bullfighter at the end of his artistic career. Mariano was a figure of bullfighting in Ecuador and participated in the most important bullrings of his country and the world. The glory years have passed and prohibitions have arisen regarding bullfighting shows, and the only thing left is, with tenacity and faith, to fight against various adverse circumstances looking for a chance to move foward.

Two troubled girls, who come together as friends through their imagination of art, creating their own fantasy world where they can finally be free.

A look at the life of Toty Rodríguez: An actress who made her career in France during the 60s, a well-known Diva in Ecuador as well as an icon of the women rights. She returns to Paris with her nephew to revisit her past in a town that changed her life.

In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect the country. Until this date, the two regions live as separate countries, although the roads connect them in less than a day. The film is an observational work that talks about space and collective memory.

In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect the country. Until this date, the two regions live as separate countries, although the roads connect them in less than a day. The film is an observational work that talks about space and collective memory.

In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect the country. Until this date, the two regions live as separate countries, although the roads connect them in less than a day. The film is an observational work that talks about space and collective memory.

During the 80´s the left wing movement Alfaro Vive Carajo operated in Ecuador. The traits of this aggrupation were: critique to the orthodox political thinking, frantic growth of the organization, spectacular and clever actions, and the devastating way that the government fought them. A quarter of century later, the survivors tale the story that was hidden and disguised.

No Autumn, No Spring depicts modern day Guayaquil City and its invisible generation. Iván Mora Manzano’s punk ballad of rebellion, confrontation and the disenfranchised reveals the tribulations of young men and women who struggle deeply with the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

No Autumn, No Spring depicts modern day Guayaquil City and its invisible generation. Iván Mora Manzano’s punk ballad of rebellion, confrontation and the disenfranchised reveals the tribulations of young men and women who struggle deeply with the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

No Autumn, No Spring depicts modern day Guayaquil City and its invisible generation. Iván Mora Manzano’s punk ballad of rebellion, confrontation and the disenfranchised reveals the tribulations of young men and women who struggle deeply with the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

A meeting between the daughter and the grandmother of the director, Iván Mora Manzano, at a time when the memories of one, the girl’s, were taking shape, and the other’s the grandmother’s, were vanishing. This starting point is used as a pretext to talk about other topics such as the importance of family memories and the search for memory.

A meeting between the daughter and the grandmother of the director, Iván Mora Manzano, at a time when the memories of one, the girl’s, were taking shape, and the other’s the grandmother’s, were vanishing. This starting point is used as a pretext to talk about other topics such as the importance of family memories and the search for memory.

A meeting between the daughter and the grandmother of the director, Iván Mora Manzano, at a time when the memories of one, the girl’s, were taking shape, and the other’s the grandmother’s, were vanishing. This starting point is used as a pretext to talk about other topics such as the importance of family memories and the search for memory.

"Un 8 de enero de 1988, cuando tenía 10 años de edad, mis padres decidieron irse de vacaciones y dejarme al cuidado de mis hermanos Santiago de 17 años y Andrés de 14. Ese día yo tenía una fiesta infantil y ellos debían buscarme por la tarde. Llegó la noche y el resto del amanecer estuve parada en una ventana, esperando. Nunca llegaron. Luego de un año de desconocimiento y angustia descubrimos que ese día mis hermanos fueron secuestrados, torturados, asesinados y desaparecidos por la policía ecuatoriana, sin razón alguna. Sus cuerpos fueron arrojados en la laguna de Yambo, nunca los encontramos". Este documental es un viaje personal, mezclado con la memoria de todo un país marcado por la violencia.

In an unknown first world airport the arrival of an ecuadorian flight is heard. The 'members of the European Union' passby migration, while the 'others', in the other line, wait. In the middle of the claims, a group of ecuadorians is arrested. They are taken to the Room, where they wait to be deported. Seems like everyone hides something, like PROMETEO the youn magician with his hands tied like a delinquent who has a 'magical' trunk as luggage. Time passes, a way of being, Ecuador happens in this waiting room. Seems like there is no possible exit. Meanwhile, a different but well-known way of life takes place. The only thing left as a promising way out is illusion.

Documentary regarding Ecuadorian militant group cum political party "Alfaro Vive Carajo" from their start in the 80s to their unexpected return to action in 2007.

November 7th, 2001. After a seventy years absence, the Ecuadorian national soccer team is close to qualifying for the first time to a Soccer World Cup. This documentary follows the events that took place during that historic date, when a whole country lived under the shadow of a soccer game.

Beatriz looks for her former partner Mercedes, but she is already with someone else. Beatriz forces her entry into his house and asks her to come back.

Tristeza (Cecilia Vallejo) y Esperanza (Tania Martínez) son dos veinteañeras que mientras viajan por parajes poco conocidos de las montañas y la costa de Ecuador realizarán al mismo tiempo un viaje de autodescubrimiento de sí mismas.

El ambicioso periodista Manolo Bonilla (Leguizamo) tiene un programa dirigido a la población hispana de Miami. Buscando una buena historia, viaja a un pueblo de Ecuador para investigar a un asesino en serie de niños conocido como "El monstruo de Babahoyo". Producida por los directores Alfonso Cuarón y Guillermo del Toro, con música de Antonio Pinto (Ciudade Deus) y con un reparto de primer nivel, Sebastián Cordero firma un thriller sobre la ética del periodismo. Presentada con éxito en los festivales de Cannes, Toronto y Sundance, fue además candidata a los Oscar por Ecuador a la mejor película de habla no inglesa. (FILMAFFINITY)

Adaptation of Pablo Palacio short story that through a teacher and a group of his students, presents an exercise of dispersion and annihilation converted into an aesthetic object.

Adaptation of Pablo Palacio short story that through a teacher and a group of his students, presents an exercise of dispersion and annihilation converted into an aesthetic object.

Adaptation of Pablo Palacio short story that through a teacher and a group of his students, presents an exercise of dispersion and annihilation converted into an aesthetic object.

Adaptation of Pablo Palacio short story that through a teacher and a group of his students, presents an exercise of dispersion and annihilation converted into an aesthetic object.

After a nuclear catastrophe, a man who did not know how to continue living in silence went out to look for sounds, voices and whispers in the remains of a scorched nature.

After a nuclear catastrophe, a man who did not know how to continue living in silence went out to look for sounds, voices and whispers in the remains of a scorched nature.

After a nuclear catastrophe, a man who did not know how to continue living in silence went out to look for sounds, voices and whispers in the remains of a scorched nature.

After a nuclear catastrophe, a man who did not know how to continue living in silence went out to look for sounds, voices and whispers in the remains of a scorched nature.

After a nuclear catastrophe, a man who did not know how to continue living in silence went out to look for sounds, voices and whispers in the remains of a scorched nature.

After a nuclear catastrophe, a man who did not know how to continue living in silence went out to look for sounds, voices and whispers in the remains of a scorched nature.

In the middle of a laundry we discovered an improvised mechanical workshop. An older man talks with his tools. His son invades the space wanting to film it and at the same time making him an unusual proposal: rebuild a motorcycle together. The proposal baffles the father who little by little allows the son to enter into his world. The son begins to delve into questions and questions that go from the mechanical to the personal and open up seemingly hidden conflicts. Is it possible to restore a relationship like you repair a machine?

Crónica del proceso judicial por el asesinato del estudiante de 16 años Paúl Guañuna, cometido por policías en 2007. La lucha de un padre y miles de jóvenes contra el racismo, el autoritarismo y la impunidad.